In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the women who helped establish our nation. Now she continues the story of more remarkable women and their achievements in moving the fledgling nation foward, from the election of John Adams in 1796 to the... [More...]

Quotes and anecdotes from Barack Obama on 75 wide-ranging topics from US politics, family, religion, the war, and many other subjects.

Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men—the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning... [More...]

Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon—the addiction to infotainment, from television to the Web, which has resulted in a lazy and credulous public.

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Assassination Vacation" and "The Partly Cloudy Patriot" comes an examination of the Puritans, their covenant communities, deep-rooted idealism, political and cultural relevance, and their myriad oddities.

From one of America's most talented historians comes a brilliant new account of Richard Nixon—set against the violent passions of America's 1960s civil war—that reveals the riveting backstory to the red state/blue state resentments that divide... [More...]

<p>Bill Moyers is fighting mad about the betrayal of our best democratic ideals by the Bush administration, and in this book he delivers a crucial message about America&#8217;s need to reconnect with our constitutional ideals and rich history of... [More...]

Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "Truman" and "John Adams," David McCullough returns with the story of the Revolutionary War—a book certain to be another landmark in the literature of American history.Simon & Schuster

The only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. Zinn shows that many of our country's greatest... [More...]

Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "Truman" and "John Adams," David McCullough returns with the story of the Revolutionary War—a book certain to be another landmark in the literature of American history.Simon & Schuster